diff --git a/signac/contrib/project.py b/signac/contrib/project.py
index b37e2184b..25226e122 100644
--- a/signac/contrib/project.py
+++ b/signac/contrib/project.py
@@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ def __iter__(self):
         )
 
     @deprecated(
-        deprecated_in="1.8",
+        deprecated_in="0.9.6",
         removed_in="2.0",
         current_version=__version__,
         details="Use next(iter(...)) instead.",